Impact of Sexual Violence Across the Lifespan on HIV Risk Behaviors Among Transgender Women and Cisgender People Living With HIV.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To examine sexual violence across the lifespan among transgender and cisgender people living with HIV and its associations with recent risk behaviors.

Setting

Seven community-based sites serving priority populations disproportionately affected by HIV in the United States, including major metropolitan areas in the West and East Coast, as well as the suburban Mid-Atlantic and rural Southeastern regions.

Methods

From 2013 to 2016, baseline survey data were collected from participants (N = 583) of a multisite community-based HIV linkage to/retention in care study conducted at 7 sites across the United States. Adjusted mixed-effects logistic regression models with random effect for site-assessed associations of sexual violence and gender identity with risk outco

SUBMITTER: Smith LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5810354 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature